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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it important to Chapin to keep a dog on the property of the great house where he and Solomon stayed?
(a) To alert them about intruders.
(b) To take with them in case they decided to go on a hunting trip.
(c) To alert them about thieves.
(d) To play with his grandchildren.

2. How did Radburn treat Solomon following the beating by Burch?
(a) With cruelty.
(b) With understanding.
(c) With a bad attitude.
(d) With mixed feelings.

3. In one word, how could William Ford's overseer, Chapin be described?
(a) Unfair.
(b) Fair.
(c) Strict.
(d) Lenient.

4. What was an important factor to the slaves at the time that they were sold?
(a) That slave family members be sold and kept together.
(b) That feuding slave family members be sold to different dealers.
(c) That their physical strengths be accurately given to the buyers.
(d) That they be sold for the highest price possible.

5. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?
(a) He was remorseful.
(b) He was aggressive.
(c) He was committed.
(d) He was unyielding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was there anything peculiar about Merrill Brown's or Abram Hamilton's behavior when the two men and Solomon were in Albany?

2. How can the manner in which Solomon, Eliza, and the other slaves were led from Williams' Slave Pen and onto the Orleans best be described?

3. How were Solomon and Arthur (the slave who boards the Orleans in Norfolk) fundamentally alike?

4. What became a problem with the letter that Solomon had Englishman John Manning mail?

5. How did the slaves treat Solomon after his ordeal with Tibeats was over?

(see the answer key)

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